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Patentd May 12. 1868.

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GUSTAV WEDEKIND, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA.

LetterePatent No. 77,936, dated May 12, 1868.

IMPROVEMENT IN LAMP-SHADES.

TO ALL WHOM IT MAY CONCERN:

, Be it known, that I, GUSTAV WEDEKIND, of :the'city of Philadclpl1ia,'and State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Shade-Supporters for Gas-Burners, Lamps, &c.; and I-ido hereby declare the following to be a full, clcar,a-nd exact description of the same, reference being "hadto theaccompanying-drawings, making a part of this specification, iuwhich- Figure 1 represents a perspective view of the frame of the supporter, the shade or exterior being removed. Figure 2 represents a perspective view of the shade-frame with the chimney on, or'by which it is supported,

, shown in red lines.

Figure 3 represents a perspective view of the shade, with the paper or other exterior covering'in place.

Similar letters of reference, where they occur in the several separate figures, denote like parts in all of the drawings. 7 v i V In theuse of sun, comet, and other similar burners, from their great diameter of chimney, no metal clasp or wire shade-supporter has as yet been made that could be used, nor until I produced the hereinafter described shadc supporter, which answers thep'urpose well and satisfactorily.

My invention relates to the production of a very simple rand cheap device for supportingand clasping the' shade by means of raised elbows on radial braces, the ends of'which are bent inside-in proper term to take hold of the chimney at their upper and lower ends, allowing the supporter, without having circularriugs or other joinings connected with said "radial braces, to sit firm and easy on the chimney, and thus prevent breaking when the chimney becomes heated. Thesupporter which I have invented is theonly one known to me that will fit perfectly on the chimneys,- and keep the shade steady and firm, those in use allowing the shade toshake and move around. i i

To enable others skilled in the art to make and use my'invcntion, I will proceed to describe the same with reference to the drawings. i

A is a ring of wire, to which is fastened, at their extreme lower ends, a series of radial braces, 13, that project upward and inward towards each other. These braces have an elbow or bend at a, against which the paper'shade-c comes, to giveit a firm support on or against said frame, as well as to make the frame firm, without rings or other joinings. At the poi'ntcb these braces are bent downward and inward, and maybe slightly curved, as etc, so that their lower ends at may come incontact with the chimney, as the upper cndsat b do, as seen in fig. 2. I

Thepoints b and at bearing against the chiumey keep the shade firm, and prevent it from moving about, and tho r adial braces not being united by rings or other joinings, are free to' yield to thee-xpansion of thc chimney when it becomes heated, and thus prevent its liability to crack or break. The spring'of the braces, whilst sufficient ti) hold the shade steady, is not so rigid as not to yield to the expansion of the glass. And whilst the braces thus support and steady themselves on the,chimn'ey, they firmly support and hold the paper shade by means of the raised elbows a on the braces, andwi-thout theusual hcretofo're-used tastcnings.

The shade maybe of paper or of any other materials used forthe purposcl What I claim as my invention is V In combination with-the radial braces for supporting the shade on the chimney, the raised elbows on said braces, to support the shade, and prevent it from shaking about, substantially as and for the purpose describcdi,

' GUSTAV WED EKIND Witnesses:-

H. C. BLUMNER,J1'., J. B. Mt'mcrr. 

